Pesto Breakfast Skillet with Spiralized Sweet Potatoes

Happy Monday! I started today off with a Burn and Flow class at BFX, a bootcamp-yoga hybrid that I found on ClassPass. The Burn part of it was really challenging and broken up into four 4-minute high-intensity pushes of bodyweight and weighted exercises. The Flow part wasn’t really yoga like I expected–it was more a mix of high-rep low-weight arm moves and then some dynamic stretches. Not my favorite class at BFX (I’d recommend Box and Bell instead), but a great way to kick off the week nonetheless!

Recently I mentioned on the blog how I go through phases of being grossed out by eggs. Clearly with today’s post, my most recent ewww episode has passed. 😉 It is bizarre though how I can go from being nauseated by the smell of them to craving eggs in the morning (no I’m not pregnant so don’t even go there haha).

This pesto breakfast skillet with spiralized sweet potatoes is an egg go-to for me because it combines things I typically prepare in bulk at the start of each week: pesto, quinoa, sweet potato noodles. Since I have them on hand in my refrigerator, it’s super easy to toss them all together on the stovetop. I’ve included ingredient portions below, but this is one of those dishes you can totally eyeball. Toss in however much you want!

Heat oil in the skillet on medium-high heat. Add in the onion and sweet potato, seasoning with salt and pepper and stirring occasionally until onion starts to turn soft and translucent (4-5 minutes).

Add in the spinach and quinoa-pesto. Mix together until spinach softens (1-2 minutes).

Press everything to the corners of the skillet into a sort of nest and reduce the heat to low-medium. You may need to add a little extra oil to the center of the skillet. Crack the eggs into the middle of the skillet. Cook until whites are opaque (I usually cover the pan to speed up this process).*

Enjoy right from the skillet (careful--it's hot!) or transfer to a plate. Optional to sprinkle with cheese, hot sauce or additional salt and pepper.

Notes

*If you prefer scrambled eggs, use a fork to scramble 'em up and mix the eggs into the rest of the skillet!

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Did you start your week off with a workout? What’d you do?Eggs for breakfast: yay or nay?Are you going to enter the YogaFest giveaway?? If you can’t make it, share with friends in the Portland area–they’ll thank you! 🙂

Eggs for breakfast? Definitely! Sometimes I’ll take a couple of hard boiled eggs to work with me for my breakfast. On days off I love poached eggs on toast in the morning.
That sweet potato dish would be too much for me in the morning but it would definitely make a great dinner after work!

This is right up my alley! I have trouble spiralizing sweet potatoes though because of how awkwardly shaped they usually are. I have a kitchenaid stand mixer with the spiralizer attachement too so it’s not even one of those cheap plastic ones.